Field diary·DII:3b·1928–1929

Vouni, Korakas and the palaceAlfred Westholm

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Handwritten in Swedish. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 83 of field diary DII:3b (Vouni, Korakas and the palace), handwritten in Swedish. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, DII:3b, Public domain (CC0).

Unnumbered pageScan 83 of 165

Continued from scan 82

… touched these bones from yet another skeleton. Of this, however, nothing could be saved. Lipon! The skeletons are taken out and the doorway packing is cleared. The is completely undisturbed and laid of large flat slabs laid horizontally on top of each other (see longitudinal section.) Through these slabs an insignificant amount of earth has rained in from the dromos To the east the floor of the chamber is covered by a high collapse from the roof. The chamber is however very small and is easily cleared out. Some of the faintest traces of skeletal remains were found not inside the tomb, but some vessels that give the impression of standing in situ. Adjacent to the right long wall:

Spetsamforaheightfoot1 ✓
Kanonpithos” height69 cm2 ✓
Plain jug” height13 "3 ✓
Hydria” height45 "4 ✓

in the vicinity of this later an- … continues

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain